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parvus

parvus

Latin

Adjective

parvus m (feminine parva, neuter parvum); first/second declension

  1. small, little, cheap
  2. ignorable, unimportant

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative parvus parva parvum parvī parvae parva
genitive parvī parvae parvī parvōrum parvārum parvōrum
dative parvō parvō parvīs
accusative parvum parvam parvum parvōs parvās parva
ablative parvō parvā parvō parvīs
vocative parve parva parvum parvī parvae parva

This adjective has irregular comparative and superlative degrees.

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References

  • parvus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • parvus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • PARVUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “parvus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • from youth up: a puero (is), a parvo (is), a parvulo (is)
    • important results are often produced by trivial causes: ex parvis saepe magnarum rerum momenta pendent
    • a deep, high, thin, moderate voice: vox gravis, acuta, parva, mediocris
    • to be satisfied with a little: paucis, parvo contentum esse
    • to buy cheaply: parvo, vili pretio or bene emere
    • a thing costs much, little: aliquid magno, parvo stat, constat